Sirup and measuring pump



(No Mode1.)' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. R. E. HUFF.

SIRUP AND MEASURING PUMP. No. 364,930. Patented June 14, 1887,

UNTTED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

vROBERT E. HUFF, OF EUREKA, KANSAS.

SIRUP AND MEASURING PUlVlP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,930, dated June 14,1887.

Application filed January 2l,

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. HUFF, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Eureka, in the county of Greenwood and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sirup and MeasuringPumps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andeXact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in whichn Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barrelprovided with my improved sirup and Ineasuring pump, showing portions ofthe barrel broken away to show the pump in position within the barrel.Fig. 2isaperspective View of the pump-cylinder with its top plateremoved, showing one of the wings removed and placed outside of thecylinder. Fig. 3 is a view of the supporting-plate and ratchet-bars, andFig. et is a view of the top plate ofthe pumpcylinder.

Similar numerals of reference indicate eor responding` parts in all thefigures.

Myinvention has relation to pumps for forcing sirup or similar fluidsout of barrels, and for measuring the same; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts ot' such a pump, whichmay be inserted through an aperture in the head of a barrel placed onend, and in which the pump-cylin der is placed at the bottom of thebarrel, so that there will be no lifting of the sirup into the cylinder,the sirup being forced up by the pump and discharged through a suitablepipe or hose, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral l indicates the barrel, thehead of which is formed with an aperture, 2, through which the pump isinserted.

The'pump consists ofa cylinder, 3, preferably provided at its bottomwith feet 4, and having a cover or top plate, 5, which is provided withan eccentric bearing, G, registering with a bearing in the bottom of thecylinder, and having an internally screw threaded socket, 8, near oneside, and a screw-threaded neck or tube, 9, at the other side.

The lower end of a vertical shaft, l0, isjour- Serial No. 'l' 5,289. (Nomodel.)

naled in the bearings of the cylinder, and a cylindrical piston, 11, issecured in the cylinder upon the shaft, bearing tightly against the topplate and bottom ofthe same, and having cylindrical recesses 12 in itsperiphery, the said recesses having mouths or openings 13, narrower thanthe diameter of the recesses, and formed with flaring sides in the sidesof the piston.

The inner cylindrical ends, 14, of a number of curved wings, 15,titwithin these recesses, rocking in the same, and the wings are curvedto tit against the sides of the piston, covering its circumference whenfolded against it, and spiral springs 1G are secured in suitable socketsin the sides of the piston, and bear with their outer ends against theinner faces of the curved wings, forcing the outer ends of the wingsagainst the sidcsof the cylinder.

An inlet-aperture, 17, is formed in the side ofthe cylinder, atthebottom of the same, and a discharge-pipe, 18, is secured with itslower screw-threaded end upon the screw-threaded neck ofthe top plate,extending upward, and a rod, 19, is secured with its lower end in thesocket of the top plate, and has its upper end curved to one side andprovided with a downwardly-projecting bar, 20, the lower end of which issecured to the upper end of the disA charge-pipe, and which, togetherwith the upper portion of the rod, forms a frame for the support ofthepumping and measuring mechanisrn.

A circular plate, 2t, is formed with apertures 22, 23, and 24, for thepassage of the vertical shaft, the dischargepipc, and the verticalframcrod, and is secured to the head of the barrel over the aperture inthe same, having a perforated ear, 25, for the insertion of afastening-screw, 26, and two ratchet-bars, 27, project in oppositedirections from the opposite edges of this plate, having their teethfacing toward the plate.

A block or casting, 2S, is formed with two perforations, 29 and 30, atits ends, through which perforations the discharge-pipe and the verticalframesrod respectively pass, and in which they are secured by means ofset screws 3l, and the center of this block has a vertical bearing, 32,for the upper portion of the vertical shaft. Two arms, 33, are pivotedto the sides of this block, and have their lower ends IOO ratchet-bars,adapting the pump to be used with barrels and casks of different sizes.

A' spiral spring, 34, bears against the under side of the plate,covering the aperture in the head of the barrel,'and has its lower endbearing against a lug, 35, upon the the vertical rod, the said springserving to force the pump toward the bottom'of the barrel.

The upper end of the discharge-pipe is provided with allexible hose, 36,provided with a nozzle, 37, by means of which hose and nozzle the'liquid in the barrel may be discharged into suitable receptacles. l Ashaft, 33, is journaled in the upper portion of the frame formed by thevertical rod and its bent portion, and the vertical bar 1n horizontalbearings 39, and one end of this shaft is provided with a crank, 40,while a pinion, 41, and a worm or screw, 42, are secured upon the shaftwithin the bearings.

The pinion meshes with ,another pinion, 43, upon the upper end ofthevertical shaft above a transverse frame-piece, 44, and the worm upon theshaft meshes with a cogged disk, 45, pivoted upon the bent portion ofthe frame- 1od,and having suitable numerals or graduations, from which,by means of an index, 46, pointing to the said graduations, the numberof revolutions of thepump-shaft may be read, and, the said revolutionsbeing known, the quantity of liquid pumped up may be determined, thegraduations, although indicating the revolutions of the shaft, showingthe quantity of liquid pumped up.

It will be seen that the entire pump is very simple and durable ofconstruction, audit will be seen that the liquid will be forced easilyout of the barrel, the pump only having to force the liquid upwardwithout having to raise the same.

Thespring-eushioned wingswithin the pump will admit of the wingsslipping over splinters or other impurities in the sirup, which mayenter into the pump, and thewings may easily be removed and insertedinto their recesses in the piston, rendering cleaning and repairingeasy.

By spreading the propping-arms farther out and bringing the ends toengage'the outer teeth of the ratchet-bars the pump may be forcedfarther down through the plate, allowing it to iit a large barrel, andby drawing the arms together the pump may be adjusted to fit a smallerbarrel or eask, so that the pump may b e used with different sizes ofbarrels or easks.

The pump-cylinder and its winged piston may be used in the constructionof a rotary steam-engine, the steam-inlet being through the presentdischarge-pipe, and the discharge being at the inletaperture.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the bination of a easing adapted to be placed at I thebottom of the barrel, a plate'adapted to be placed upon the head of t-hebarrel and having laterally-extending ratchet-bars upon its oppositesides, and a block above said plate, a shaft having a piston' upon itslower end, a tube and a rod connected with said casing and extendingthrough said plate and block, two arms pivotally secured at the side ofsaid block, and means, substantially as described, for rotating saidshaft and piston.

. 3. In a sirup-pump, 'the combination of a pump-cylinder resting at thevbottom of a barrel, and having a vertieallypperating shaft and adischarge-pipe and a frame-rod parallel to each other and extendingthrough an apert'urc in th-e head of the barrel, a block connecting theupper portions of the pipe and shaft and rod, a circular disk havingrperforations,

for the passage of the pipe and shaft and rod,

and secured over the aperture in the head of l the barrel and formedwit-h ratchet-bars at its opposite edges, having their teeth facingeach.

side of the plate and against a lug upon the' framerod, as and for thepurpose shown and set forth.

4. In a sirup and .measuringpump,the combination of a rod, the upperendof which is bent, a downwardly-projecting bar, a shaft journaled inbearings upon-said bar and rod, a bar havinga crank at one end and apinion at the other, and a worm upon its intermediate portion, a coggeddisk having numbers or characters, an indicator or pointer, a cylinderupon the lower end of said rod, having an inlet-aperture andadischarge-pipe, and a rotary shaft having a piston upon its lower end,as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony thatIelaim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

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ROBERT E. HUEF.

